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Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) 13Part 9 · Chapter 1

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Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) 13

Part 9 · Chapter 1

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You mistake meaningless jests for harshness.

ROSETTE.

Meaningless! You call it meaningless, do you? everything has a meaning in love. I tell you I would rather have you beat me than laugh as you do.

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Burnham — Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) (Théophile Gautier, translated by I. G. Burnham) (author lived 1811–1872). Public Domain. Théophile Gautier, translated by I. G. Burnham, Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2); public domain in the US; text from Project Gutenberg #48893. Source

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Mademoiselle de Maupin, Volume 1 (of 2) 14

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